Print fan alternative discussion
What are your thoughts on using a Noctua Radial fan instead of the 5015 blower currently fitted to the Prusa i3 Mk3.
https://noctua.at/en/products/fan/nf-a4x20-5v
A suitable adapter would have to be made to convert the fan intake, but personally I don't like the supplied fan, it's noisy and rattly and near enough impossible to source except from PRUSA and I don't think it will last long (Going by mine, which rattles like anything!).
I know the radial type fans are supposed to provide higher CFM, but in this application, would it really make that much difference?.
The problem is I can find no technical data on the PRUSA print fan as in CFM Static Pressure etc.
Normal people believe that if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain’t broke, it doesn’t have enough features yet.
Re: Print fan alternative discussion
Sorry wrong link in the above, I put the one for the 12v version - Doh!
Correct link:
https://noctua.at/en/products/fan/nf-a4x20-5v
Normal people believe that if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain’t broke, it doesn’t have enough features yet.